Facilities
A campus within a campus, the School of Music’s activities resound from many buildings. You can find the stately, grand, and state-of-the-art all within Smith Music Hall, a registered historical landmark. Walk nearby to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and discover a gift shop, restaurant, rehearsal rooms and costume shops, a photo gallery, and four theaters. Acoustics in Krannert’s Great Hall are so fine that the Chicago Symphony has made commercial recordings here. Meander through the Music Building and sit in on a class or open your ears at the Computer-Assisted Music Instruction Laboratory, Experimental Music Studios, or Computer Music Project. Search out the recording studios, instrument collections, special archives, and nearly a million items in an enormous library of scores, recordings, journals, books, and artifacts. Visit the A.A. Harding Band Building and look in on a band rehearsal; while you’re there explore the amazing Carl Busch Historical Instrument Collection or John Philip Sousa’s own music library. Our buildings house the latest in technology plus myriad special spaces, all designed to fit the diverse needs of a thriving, active community of musicians.

To schedule a recital or reserve a performing hall for a School of Music facility (not Krannert): Please Reservation instructions for instructions.